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July 4 protests target NSA surveillance as Fourth Amendment
<html>The activists are targeting governmentsurveillance programs,Baltimore Ravens t shirts, in particular PRISM, a project of the recently revealed by a former contractor, ,Here's Why It Takes So Long to Move From Concept to Com, now on the run.It gives the government broad access to Internet traffic and other electronic communications, including records of phone calls made and received by millions of Americans. “The Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights clearly protects all citizens’ assets, both digital and physical, against searches and seizures without warrant,”the groups say on the website restorethefourth.net, addiing that they aim to assert those rights.
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Groupsranging from the electronic Frontier Foundation to Reddit and the Internet Defense League are calling for websites to post the full text of the amendment on the holiday. They areurging citizens to call their representatives in Congress, and are providing contact information. And they are also pushing forphysical protests, listing more than 100 cities and towns from Birmingham, Ala., to , Calif., where groups are gathering on Thursday for protest rallies. Asked to comment on the planned protests, an NSA spokeswoman says via e-mail that “the Fourth of July reminds us as Americans of the freedoms and rights all citizens of our country are guaranteed by our Constitution. Among those is freedom of speech.” Further, she says, “the NSA and its employees work diligently and lawfully every day, around the clock, to protect the nation and its people.”
Protests against the surveillance programs notwithstanding, it is unclear whether the American people fully comprehend the amount of intelligence gatheringcurrently going on, says Mark Tatge,journalism professor at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind.
“It has been happening for more than a decade, a development that was spurred by the 9/11 attacks and changes in law making it easier to lawfully gather information on Americans and their everyday activities,” he says via e-mail, adding that he does not believe the protests will have a meaningful effect.</html>